{"id":22834,"date":"2014-11-15T00:15:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T05:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=22834"},"modified":"2016-01-04T14:52:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T19:52:16","slug":"psalm-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/15\/psalm-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm Of Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Psalm of Gratitude<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Psalm 138<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I<em> give You thanks,<\/em> O Lord, with my whole heart;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> before the gods I sing Your praise;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I bow down toward Your holy temple<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> and <em>give thanks<\/em> to Your name for Your steadfast love and Your faithfulness,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> for You have exalted above all things<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your Name and Your Word.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> On the day I called, You answered me;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> my strength of soul You increased.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> All the kings of the earth shall <em>give You thanks,<\/em> O Lord,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> for they have heard the words of Your mouth,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> and they shall sing of the ways of the Lord,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> for great is the glory of the Lord.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> For though the Lord is high, He regards the lowly,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> but the haughty He knows from afar.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Though I walk in the midst of trouble,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You preserve my life;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> and Your right hand delivers me.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Do not forsake the work of Your hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ctraZfPcZqM?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Composed by Esther Mui \u00a0~ \u00a0Scripture, NKJV<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u271e \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * <\/span><\/p>\n<p>What do you think of when someone mentions that it is November already &#8230; Christmas, snow, shopping, Black Friday\u2026? \u00a0I dare say that many times our minds jump right over the National Holiday of Thanksgiving (at least until we think of the big family dinner we have to prepare!) \u00a0We have much to be thankful for\u2014now and all year \u2018round.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you\u2019ll agree with me as I say that I need to slow down from the busyness of this time of year, and take time to sing and meditate on this psalm. \u00a0God deserves our thanks from our WHOLE heart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He gave us His WHOLE heart, His steadfast love and His faithfulness, when He gave His only Son to save us. (John 3:16)<\/li>\n<li>Not only that, but everyday when we call out to God, He answers us. His Holy Spirit dwells with us to increase our strength. God preserves our life, and His right hand delivers us. (Psalms 23:3-4)<\/li>\n<li>God has a purpose for each of us, and He promises to fulfill it in us. (Jeremiah 29:11-13)<\/li>\n<li>God\u2019s love is so solid that He promises to NEVER forsake the work (you and me) of His hands! (Jeremiah 32:38-41)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are over 130 verses in the Bible that use some form of the word \u201c<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>thank<\/em><\/span>\u201d in it. \u00a0As I have been thinking of Thanksgiving, many of these verses keep coming to mind. \u00a0Here are just a very few that you might incorporate into your personal worship time or at your Thanksgiving table:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let us come before Him with <span style=\"color: #800080;\">thanksgiving<\/span> and extol Him with music and song. \u00a0For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.<br \/>\nPsalms 95:2-3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Give <span style=\"color: #800080;\">thanks<\/span> to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever.<br \/>\n1 Chronicles 16:34<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I will give <span style=\"color: #800080;\">thanks<\/span> to the LORD because of His righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.<br \/>\nPsalm 7:17<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The LORD is my Strength and my Shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give <span style=\"color: #800080;\">thanks<\/span> to Him in song.<br \/>\nPsalm 28:7<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving <span style=\"color: #800080;\">thanks<\/span> to God the Father through Him.<br \/>\nColossians 3:17<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Give <span style=\"color: #800080;\">thanks<\/span> in all circumstances, for this is God&#8217;s will for you in Christ Jesus.<br \/>\n1 Thessalonians 5:18<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause <span style=\"color: #800080;\">thanksgiving<\/span> to overflow to the glory of God.<br \/>\n2 Corinthians 4:15<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in <span style=\"color: #800080;\">thanksgiving<\/span> to God.<br \/>\n2 Corinthians 9:11<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I always <span style=\"color: #800080;\">thank<\/span> God for you because of His grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in Him you have been enriched in every way\u2014in all your speaking and in all your knowledge.<br \/>\n1 Corinthians 1:4-5<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> * \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u271e \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Will you join me, today and throughout the rest of this month, in giving thanks to our God\u2014Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? \u00a0He deserves our all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They sang,<br \/>\n\u201c<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">and <em>thanksgiving<\/em> and honor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">and power and strength belong to our God<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">forever and ever! Amen.<\/span>\u201d<br \/>\nRevelation 7:12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm of Gratitude Psalm 138 I give You thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing Your praise; I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your steadfast love and Your faithfulness, for You have exalted above all things Your Name and Your Word. 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